Victory...you serious?Quote by: Wakka, after Tidus introduces the new Blitzball goal in Besaid

Voice Actors

Nojima revealed that the inclusion of voice-overs had a substantial impact on the writing of the game's story. The presence of voice actors allowed him to maintain a
more simple method of storytelling: the range of emotions that could be expressed through them was greater than the range provided by text alone. He also revealed
that the presence of voice actors led him to make various changes to the story and characters themselves, so as to solidify the voice actors' personalities with the
characters they were portraying.

However, using voice-overs led to additional difficulties. The cutscenes of the game were already programmed in Japanese, but the English voice actors faced not only
the difficulty of establishing English-oriented dialogue, but also the added obstacle of incorporating this modified wording with the previously established rhythm
and timing of the characters' lip movements. In his words, lead localization specialist Alexander O. Smith, described the process of "fitting natural-sounding
English speech into the high-polygon scenes and CG movies" as "something akin to writing four or five movies worth of dialogue entirely in haiku (Japanese
poetry) form and of course the actors had to act, and act well, within those restraints". Each voice actor was briefed on their character's motivations and
feelings for every scene, and also shown various scenes from the game itself.

Here, you'll view the table with all the character and their English and Japanese voice actors.

Main Characters

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Tidus

James Arnold Taylor

Masakazu Morita

Yuna

Hedy Burress

Mayuko Aoki

Wakka

John DiMaggio

Kazuya Nakai

Lulu

Paula Tiso

Rio Natsuki

Kimahri

John DiMaggio

Katsumi Chō

Auron

Matt McKenzie

Hideo Ishikawa

Rikku

Tara Strong

Marika Matsumoto

Other Major Characters

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Cid

Michael McShane

Kōichi Sakaguchi

Brother

David Rasner

Takayuki Yamaguchi

Jecht

Gregg Berger

Masuo Amada

Lord Braska

Andy Philpot

Takuma Suzuki

In X-2 he returns, but then voice casted by Dee Bradley Baker, the only returning character to not have his original
voice actor.

Seymour Guado

Alex Fernandez

Junichi Suwabe

Rin

Tom Kenny

Shunsuke Sakuya

Young Tidus

Cree Summer

Yūto Nakamura

Chocobo Knights

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Lucil

Candi Milo

Sayaka Oohara

Elma

Julia Fletcher

Sumomo Momomori

Clasko

Matt K. Miller

Takayuki Yamaguchi

Crusaders

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Luzzu

John DeMita

Ryûzô Ishino

Gatta

Adam Paul

Hiroshi Kamiya

Blitzball Players

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Bickson

Quinton Flynn

Unknown

Other

John DeMita

Unknown

Summoners & Guardians

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Dona

Candi Milo

Nanaho Katsuragi

Barthello

John DeMita

Jun Ishimaru

Isaaru

Quinton Flynn

Akio Suyama

Pacce

Candi Milo

Motoko Kumai

Maroda

Robbie Rist

Masataka Nakai

Yevon Order

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Grand Maester Mika

Dwight Schultz

Hiroshi Iwasaki

Maester Wen Kinoc

Roger L. Jackson

Hidenari Ugaki

Kelk Ronso

Corey Burton

Kōichi Sakaguchi

Shelinda

Sherry Lynn

Miki Nagasawa

Unsent

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Lady Yunalesca

Julia Fletcher

Yōko Koyanagi

Maechen

Dwight Schultz

Takuma Suzuki

Lady Belgemine

Cree Summner

Kayoko Fujii

Other Characters

Characters

English Voice Actors

Japanese Voice Actors

Bayra & Donga

Phil Proctor

Unknown

Pukutak

Grey DeLisle

Unknown

Calli

Cree Summer

Rio Natsuki

O'aka XXIII

Dwight Schultz

Hidenari Ugaki

Wantz

Tom Kenny

Takayuki Yamaguchi

Tromell Guado

Corey Burton

Ryûzô Ishino

Hypello

John DeMita

Unknown

Fayth

Debbie Derryberry

Unknown

Bobba

Tom Kenny

Unknown

Zuke

Andre Sojliuzzo

Unknown

Additional English Voice Actors

David Arnott

Greg Finley

Noreen Reardon

Catherine Cavadini

Richard Penn

Vernon Scot

Vicki Davis

Paige Pollack

Andreana Weiner

Judy Durand

David Randolph

Ruth Zalduondo

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